Outreach

Trained immunity: understanding and investigating its role in preventive animal health strategies

Oral communication in Seminarios VISAVET 2026

Trained immunity is an immunological concept that has gained considerable attention for its potential to improve preventive approaches against a wide range of diseases. It refers to the ability of the innate immune system to “learn” from an initial stimulus and respond more effectively when facing a second one, related or not. In this seminar, we will go through the biological basis of trained immunity, the types of immunomodulatory substances that can trigger it, and both the beneficial effects and the risks associated with its use. We will also discuss experimental studies in animal a… Read more

Less virulent and never described: what do we know about the new variant of swine fever?

Interview in ara sociedad of Diari ARA

The Government has analyzed more than 500 wild boars to verify that they have not developed resistance to the virus… Read more

Maltrato felino en la Comunidad de Madrid: cinco años de evidencia desde la patología forense veterinaria

New article published in Profesión Veterinaria

The epicenter of the swine fever outbreak was already classified as a maximum risk area

Interview in ara ciència of Diari ARA

A map from the Ministry of Agriculture of "priority action" zones to prevent the arrival of the virus indicated three hotspots in Bellaterra, Madrid and Malaga… Read more

Así se trabaja con peste porcina en un laboratorio de bioseguridad nivel 3: Una fuga es muy improbable

Interview in Noticias cuatro of Cuatro

- Así se trabaja con peste porcina en un laboratorio de bioseguridad nivel 3: Una fuga es muy improbable - atlas-news.com

- Así se trabaja con peste porcina en un laboratorio de bioseguridad nivel 3: Una fuga es muy improbable - elperiodico.com

Enfermedades emergentes y bioseguridad

Oral communication in Jornada Técnica Guissona

José Ángel Barasona: If the ASF has escaped from a laboratory, it is more likely to have been intentional than accidental

Interview in ara sociedad of Diari ARA

José Ángel Barasona is a Ramón y Cajal researcher at the Veterinary Health Surveillance Center (VISAVET) of the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). He has been researching African swine fever (ASF) in wild boar for 10 years and is now working with wild boar infected with ASF… Read more

La gripe aviar y tu perro: un contagio improbable, según los expertos

Interview in VerificaRTVE of Radio Televisión Española

Supuestos prácticos de bioseguridad. Experimentación animal con brucelosis ovina

Riesgos biológicos - Visita al VISAVET

Conference in Máster en Prevención de Riesgos Laborales

«Me cuesta pensar en fuga accidental. No veo cómo»: Científicos ven altamente improbable que el origen del brote de peste porcina sea un laboratorio

Interview in ABC Sociedad of Diario ABC

Dos veterinarios analizan si perros y gatos se pueden contagiar de la gripe aviar o peste porcina con la comida: “Los controles son muy estrictos”

Interview in consumoclaro of eldiario.es

Preguntamos a dos expertos sobre los posibles riesgos de contagio por la circulación de la gripe aviar, así como de la peste porcina, para nuestros animales… Read more